Talk:загранпаспорт

RFC discussion: May 2018–August 2021
This (and, I suspect, possibly other entries which use the same template) is labelled as an acronym of заграни́чный па́спорт. But it's not an acronym in the usual sense (sense 1), or IMO even in sense 2 (since it uses the first two syllables, not the first syllable). I suggest the wording should be changed to "short form" or maybe "abbreviation". - -sche (discuss) 17:10, 6 May 2018 (UTC)


 * In discussions of Russian language, these are traditionally referred to as acronyms (I've never heard them called anything else). Most of the parts are single syllables, but multiple syllables are not uncommon. Russian-style acronyms are made up of (1) one or more initial syllables plus initial syllables ; (2) one or more initial syllables plus a whole word ; (3) one or more initial syllables plus a letter abbreviation . An acronym can use even more than two syllables of a word: (Беломорско-Балтийский канал). Russian acronyms may be long:  (Рос-глав-текстиль-снаб-сбыт-сырьё, meaning "Main Department for Supply and Marketing of Raw Materials of the Textile Industry of the Ministry of Textile Industry of the RSFSR").
 * Maybe the definition of acronym could be edited to include Russian acronyms. Since the English word acronym is used for these Russian terms, it is actually part of the meaning of the English word acronym. —Stephen (Talk) 02:43, 14 June 2018 (UTC)
 * No longer labelled as an acronym &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 21:52, 7 August 2021 (UTC)